10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NATTINESS»
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nattiness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
nattiness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Secret Life of Insects: An Entomological Alphabet
“nattiness,” or the “neatness,” or even the “naughtiness,” though not the “
nastiness” of the Gnat. For the Gnat is, as I should have mentioned from the
beginning of this chapter, a cousin of the Mosquito. He is a smaller insect than his
cousin, and ...
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Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary ...
Hence nattily, nattiness. 1557. Tusser, Husbandrie, cb.68,st.i, p. 159 (E.D.S.).
Concerninghow Erettie, bow fine and how nettie. Good uswife should iettie, from
morning to night. NattyLad.19 Natural. 1789. Geo. Parker, LifesPainter, p. 149.
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Peccavi! Or, Geoffrey Singleton's mistake
A plain dress of dark blue serge, bound with black, fitted her exquisitely neat
figure to perfection. She looked the incarnation of nattiness and prim tidiness,
from the crown of her saucy sailor's hat of white straw, 100 PECCAVI ! OR.
Arthur George F. Griffiths, 1870
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Booking Hawaii Five-O: An Episode Guide and Critical History ...
Even Theo Kojak, for all his conservative nattiness of dress, was a maverick.
When we got Dirty Harry in the movies, it was inevitable that Fred Dryer's Hunter,
whose motto was “It works for me,” would show up on the tube. In its last season,
...
... fitted closely round her little white neck. Everything belonging to Miss Nancy
was of delicate purity and nattiness (ARCHER, FICT1861E) (15) “Is this all right?”
asked Leonora anxiously. “Elise said I couldn't go wrong with a little black dress.
C. J. Conradie, Ronèl Johl, Marthinus Beukes, 2010
Everything belonging to Miss Nancy was of delicate purity and nattiness : not a
crease was where it had no business to be, not a bit of her linen professed
whiteness without fulfilling its profession ; the very pins on SILAS MARNER 103.
... nattiness as only an Italian could. "What about them?" "Is this how you are
saying sorry ...
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The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang
... a corruption of neat or perhaps ex Fr. net. N.B., the other parts, nattily, nattiness
, mid-C.19–20, were, prob., orig. coll, but they soon > S.E.. natty. , adv. Nattily, i.e.
smartly, daintily neatly, hence skilfully: from ca 1785: s. >, ca 1860, (low) coll.
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A New Dictionary of the English and Dutch Language: To which ...
Greasfncss , Dirtiness , Nattiness. Imclling, vr. Gormandizing. Imaimoer, vr.
Woman that loyet gormandizing. Sweet-tooth. mulpiap, m. Divine that lovts
gormandizing . Sweet. tooth. ¡malvriend, xie Smulhroer. 'пзак, m. Droll, Choice
spirit, Comital ...
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Guarding the Border: The Military Memoirs of the Ward ...
... the Texas City soldiers who went to Galveston to go aboard her. I was quite
impressed with the nattiness of the British Marines, the glittering brass water-
jacket of a machine gun mounted on a tripod, with the racks of rifles and
cutlasses, and ...
Ward L. Schrantz, Jeff Patrick, 2009
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NATTINESS»
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nattiness is used in the context of the following news items.
Orley's Paisley Dreams
For their Spring 2016 collection shown during NYFW:Men's, the label's knack for nattiness was heightened with a nod to androgyny (read: crop tops for everyone ... «Interview, Jul 15»
Style Public School Spring 2016 Menswear
One of this season's hero pieces, for instance, an elongated baseball jacket in a navy silk-cotton blend, had something of the nattiness of an ... «Style.com, Jul 15»
Better roles for women: a dandy idea
His mother, a telephone operator, introduced him to the pleasures of nattiness: She bought him his first three-piece suit, a Pierre Cardin, when ... «Houston Chronicle, Jun 15»
Fashion Bonanza for British Designer Patrick Grant
London fashion whizzes from East End wackiness to Savile Row nattiness with barely a blink of the eye (let alone a tremor of the stiff upper lip). «New York Times, May 15»
I Was In 'NAOWA'
... if my 1983 stay with the late Govenor 'Bola Ige is added) I thank God for the military ethos of discipline, bravery, loyalty, honour and nattiness, ... «The Guardian Nigeria, May 15»
The Director Paul Feig Prepares 'Spy' With Melissa McCarthy
His mother, a telephone operator, introduced him to the pleasures of nattiness: She bought him his first three-piece suit, a Pierre Cardin, when ... «New York Times, May 15»
How the party's party rocked like it was Baba's birthday
That yellow and green piping on shiny black, hardly subtle, had a certain eye-gouging nattiness – but who'd wear such a thing in this weather? «News24, Jan 15»
Dior's Natty Night at the Guggenheim
Certainly actor Tony Goldwyn seemed to revel in his nattiness wearing a Paul Smith number, while model Johannes Huebl put an elegant ... «Wall Street Journal, Nov 14»
The Curious Case of Two Buttons
A," she said. "They came from this area and we found that they were known for their 'nattiness,' which means being sharp in drill and uniform.". «Delmarva Daily Times, May 14»
The five factions of men's fashion
Defining the centre ground of fashion without becoming dull is the hardest niche to fill in the spectrum of nattiness. A theme can be fun, but ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jan 14»